On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 8:39:40 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:

> I once bought a digital bathroom scale and took it back because it
> didn't work. I checked the battery compartment and noticed that someone
> has scratched a date into the cover. It seemed obvious that someone else
> had bought it, scratched the date the batteries were installed and then
> taken it back. Apparently someone in the store decided that they could
> just put it back on the shelf and sell it again.

Never buy an opened box at Home Depot. The odds approach 100% that
someone bought it, returned it, and that parts are missing or the
thing is defective.

Cindy Hamilton